I have surely heard Ephraim moaning, ‘You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined like an untrained calf. Take me back, so that I can return, for you, Lord, are my God.
Deuteronomy 21:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The elders of the city nearest to the victim are to get a young cow that has not been yoked or used for work. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the city which is nearest to the slain man, the elders of that city shall take a heifer which has never been worked, never pulled in the yoke, American Standard Version (1901) and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; Common English Bible Once it is determined which city is closest to the dead body, its elders must take a young cow that hasn’t been used or yet pulled a plow, Catholic Public Domain Version And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others, the elders shall take a calf from the herd, one which has not pulled with a yoke, nor tilled with a plow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground. |
I have surely heard Ephraim moaning, ‘You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined like an untrained calf. Take me back, so that I can return, for you, Lord, are my God.
‘This is the legal statute that the Lord has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red cow that has no defect and has never been yoked.
‘At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to pronounce blessings in his name, as it is today.
your elders and judges are to come out and measure the distance from the victim to the nearby cities.
The elders of that city will bring the cow down to a continually flowing stream, to a place not tilled or sown, and they will break its neck there by the stream.
he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death – even to death on a cross.
‘Now then, prepare one new cart and two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.